Hartford v. Moore
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Suit by Edward V. Hartford, George W. Hartford, and the Hartford Suspension Company against Harold J. Moore and Ruth H. Moore. This is an ordinary bill upon a patent for a shock-absorber upon spring-supported vehicles. The commercial adaptation of the patent is the well-known Truffault-Hartford shock-absorber used extensively upon motor cars.
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In Equity. Suit by Edward V. Hartford, George W. Hartford, and the Hartford Suspension Company against Harold J. Moore and Ruth H. Moore. This is an ordinary bill upon a patent for a shock-absorber upon spring-supported vehicles. The commercial adaptation of the patent is the well-known Truffault-Hartford shock-absorber used extensively upon motor cars. The present patent is a reissue, No. 12,437, of January 16, 1906, of an original patent, No. 695,508, issued March 18, 1902. The device is simple in character, and merely consists of two arms each pivotally mounted upon one of the relatively…
1Opinion of the CourtHand, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Two questions are raised—one of anticipation and the other as to the validity of the reissue. Upon the second I am concluded by Hartford v. Hollander, 163 Fed. 948, 90 C. C. A. 308, which held distinctly “that the original patent covered the rotating device separately, as well as when acting in conjunction with the other devices.” It is true that three years intervened between the original issue and the application for reissue, and this has been held in many cases too long a time to extend the patent, but an explanation is offered of the delay, and that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Topliff v. TopliffSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Potts v. CreagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Hailes v. Van WormerSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- American Tobacco Co. v. StreatCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1897
- Hartford v. HollanderCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
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- Moloney v. F. A. Kuhnert Corp.District Court, W.D. New York · 1929